Three games on tonight, beginning with...
The Ottawa Senators hosting the Buffalo Sabres. Eric Comrie and Anton Forsberg are the goalies. Ottawa opened in the first period with an Austin Watson goal, via Jake Sanderson and Parker Kelly. Buffalo tied it in the second period on a Tage Thompson power play goal, his twelfth of the season, powered by Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch. The Senators took the lead with a Brady Tkachuk power play goal, his seventh of the year, assisted by Sanderson and Tim Stutzle. Craig Anderson replaced an injured Comrie in goal. Ottawa added on in the third period with an Alex DeBrincat goal, his fifth of the season, passed from Mathieu Joseph and Travis Hamonic. The Senators iced it at 4-1 with a Stutzle empty net goal, his sixth of the year, set up by Nick Holden. The three stars were Sanderson, Stutzle, and Forsberg (29 for 30 in saves).
Down in Chicago, the Blackhawks welcome the St. Louis Blues. Jordan Binnington faces a lesser foe in Arvid Soderblom in goal. St. Louis started in the first period with a Calle Rosen goal, his second of the season, coming off of Josh Leivo and Ryan O'Reilly. The Blues added on in the second period with a Jordan Kyrou goal, his sixth of the year, via Nick Leddy and Ivan Barbashev. Chicago got on the board with an Andreas Athanasiou goal, his fourth of the season, made possible by Max Domi and Patrick Kane. St. Louis fired back with a shorthanded goal by O'Reilly, his fourth of the year, going in unassisted. The Blackhawks responded with an Athanasiou power play goal, his second of the game and fifth of the season, powered by Philipp Kurashev and Jujhar Khaira. The Blues countered with a Tyler Pitlick goal, courtesy of Nikita Alexandrov and Noel Acciari. St. Louis extended the lead in the third period as Barbashev scored his third of the year, thanks to Kyrou. The final held at 5-2, with the three stars being O'Reilly, Kyrou, and Barbashev, while Athanasiou gets an honorable mention.
Finally, the Edmonton Oilers bring in the Los Angeles Kings. Cal Petersen and Stuart Skinner are the backups in goal. Los Angeles struck first in the first period with a Trevor Moore goal, his third of the season, guided in by Phillip Danault and Viktor Arvidsson. Edmonton tied it in the second period with a Zach Hyman goal, his eighth of the year, passed from Ryan Murray. The Kings retook the lead with a Moore goal, his second of the game and fourth of the season, assisted by Arvidsson and Sean Durzi. Los Angeles iced it at 3-1 with a Moore empty net goal, completing his hat trick on his fifth of the year, set up by Arvidsson. The three stars were Moore, Arvidsson, and Petersen (22 for 23 in saves).
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